“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.”

Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)

2025 is full of moments like this - learning about some awesomely good and important thing the government did that this evil administration is killing

Douthat is laundering hard core white Christian supremacy into the mainstream, with the NYT's blessing.

Breaking the law so he can endanger the nation, Russ Vought arches an eyebrow as he strokes a white Persian cat on his lap.

So not for cause, or to address fraud, waste & abuse.

For partisan political pain.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

That's right. Laugh right at these sweaty losers and double down on the peaceful protests against them.

I found the war on Christianity

1/ Food for Thought: My son and wife joined me on a work trip over the summer in Switzerland. Did some preaching, a few lectures, and finished some archival research. Along the way we did a little sightseeing, and managed to visit the site of Felix Manz's execution.

Excellent thread here, especially for parents or anyone who cares about youth development in these troubling times.

What a generous act from someone who deserved so much better from the United States.

"CBS is no longer independent, but under the tutelage of a conservative billionaire who is putting more than his thumb on the scale."

Kudos to Dan Rather, a 44-year veteran of CBS News, for speaking truth to power.

deadline.com/2025/10/dan-... #CBS #Paramount

They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Remember how people lost their minds when I said go to a protest but don't rsvp to one

From Harvard & UConn researchers on the June 14th No Kings Day protests. (report came out in August)

THIS is why MAGA is so spooked by the upcoming (Oct 18th) peaceful protests.

New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-...

You know, I hadn't planned to go to this, but clearing the calendar now.

They’re now publicly threatening a military crackdown of the No Kings protest.

The correct response to Republicans widely depicting the coming protests as terrorism is to go out and protest. Each person should get 10 more people to do so. If Republicans are going to hint at violent state responses to legitimate protest, the only answer is bigger numbers.

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

they need to be mocked relentlessly for this

oh did your special little guy not get his little prize? did your wittle boy not get his wittle trophy? is pee paw sad he didnt get his trinket? these people are a fucking joke